Paul George, Jimmy Butler and Paul Millsap were all all-stars in the Eastern Conference last season who will play in the West next season. Tucker (to Houston) and Patrick Patterson (to the Oklahoma City Thunder) left the Toronto Raptors to go West for a run at the Golden State Warriors. Using that as a guide, calculated by the research site basketball-reference.com, the Western Conference has added 174.5 win shares to its roster this summer. For more than two decades the Western Conference has lorded over the East in terms of talent disparity. Hayward joins a talented Celtics team that made the Eastern Conference finals last season and also added No.

Source: thestar July 15, 2017 21:33 UTC